Nominations open next week in N.W.T. election, here’s who’s running so far – CBC

Oct 12, 2023

Prospective candidates have from Oct. 16 to 20 to file nomination papers

After a delay due to wildfires and evacuations, the Northwest Territories election campaign is finally, nearly, upon us.

The N.W.T.’s chief electoral officer will issue writs of election on Monday, officially opening up the nomination period. Prospective candidates have until 2 p.m. on Oct. 20 to file their papers.

Those who choose to run will be doing so at an exceptional moment in the territory’s history.

Wildfires that ripped through the South Slave region and the northern shores of Great Slave Lake this summer caused widespread damage and forced about 68 per cent of the territory’s residents to flee their communities.

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